Attachment on frame for hand-mirrors.



M. OPPENHEIMER & S. L. ASHENFARB.

ATTACHMENT 0N FRAME$ FOR HAND MIRRORS. APPLICATION FILED? APR. 24. 191B.

1 ,272,703 Patented July 16, 1918.

UNITED $TATES PATENT @FFIQE.

MAX OPPENHEIMER AND SAMUEL L. ASHENFARB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ATTACHMENT ON FRAME FOR HAND-MIRRORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1918.

Application filed April 24, 1918. Serial No. 230,403.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Max OPPENHEIMER and SAMUEL L. Asrrnnrnnn, both citizens of the United States of America, and both residing at New'York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Attachments on Frames for Hand-l/lirrors, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to frames for hand mirrors or the like and one of its objects is to provide an attachment in the form of a readily removable adjustable handle which shall serve three purposes, to wit :(1) a handle by which it may be held in the hand,

a base or support for the frame when not so held but is permitted to rest on a fixture and (3) a hook when hung from.a catch, each function depending on its then intended use.

Another object of our invention is to provide a construction of such a character that when the attachment above referred to serves as a handle or as a hook, itwill become selflocked into its position and a rigid part of the frame, without the use of any additional parts.

' and inexpensive construction.

With allof. the foregoing and other objec'ts in view, our invention consists inthe construction, combination and arrangementof parts as will be more fully described and set forth hereinafter in the appended claims.v

In the accompanying drawing, which forms part of this specification, Figure 1 shows a hand mirror equipped with our novel attachment, the attachment being shown in the position it occupies when used as a handle. Fig. 2- is aperspective view of such mirror and attachment in reduced size, showing the attachment swung into the position of a support, or base. for the mirror when not held by'hand. Fig. 3 is a cross section online -8-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 isan elevation of a hand mirror with a modified construction of the frame, showing an additional appurtenance which we shall hereafter call a yoke or shoulder.

In the present example we have shown the attachment as applied to the frame of a frames for other articles where such an attachment may be desirable.

Referring specifically to the drawing a denotes a mirror, (which is here shown as circular but which may be in any shape or form) mounted in a frame 6 of the usual construction, (which is here shown as ring shaped but which may be likewise of any shape or form). Attached to the outer circumference of the frame I) is a strip 0 of metal or other suitable material, the ends of which are bent away from the frame to form two lugs c, which sli htly deviate from the parallel to the outward from the points of attachment to their end. Near its base each lug is perforated as at 0 For the purpose to be hereinafter stated, the inner opposite surfaces of the lugs may be fluted or grooved and either throughout their entire length or near their free ends as clearly shown at c in Fig 3. A member (Z preferably made of a single wire, rod, bar or tubing of metal of circular cross section. as shown in Fig. 8, is bent upon itself and then is formed with laterally turned or bent ends d which are adapted to be inserted into and to engage the perforations 0 pro vided in the lugs 0 so as to rotate therein and to be readily removable therefrom.

This member (Z, when supported in or engaging the lugs and extending longitudinally of the latter, will form a handle for the mirror as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, but when swung on its pivots front or rearwardly will form a base or support for the mirror as shown in Fig. 2. In the latter position of the member (Z, the lugs will serve as the feet of the mirror.

Owing to the resiliency of the member cl,

the parts of its arms near the lateral bends thereof, when the member extends longitudinally of the lugs, Wlll be caused to engage the flutes or grooves of the lugs and by reason of their spring force will become locked therein; so that the handle will be rigid with the frame. In this position it is used either as a handor hanging mirror.

Taking the, mirror with its handle in the position just described, if it is then desired to use the mirror by having it stand or rest on a table, mantel or other like fixture, and

with that purpose in mind to use the member (Z as a support or base for the frame, the arms of the member d are shghtly compressed by hand and thereby are released from the fluted surfaces of the lugs so that the member can be then swung forwardly or rearwardly into the position shown in Fig. 2.

The shape of the member cl, of course, is optional. It may be curved into the form shown or receive any other ornamental shape. It is essential, however, that the parts thereof near its free ends as at d shall be so bent or curved that when the member d is in the position it occupies as a handle, the said parts (Z by reason of its resiliency and its tendency to rebound to a slightly greater outer extent at the mouth, shall engage the fluted inner surfaces of the lugs and by so doing hold them fixedly in position.

The strip of metal 0 may be fastened in any suitable manner to the frame 5 or the same may be omitted entirely and the frame Z) formed with lugs which are integral parts thereof, and the small open space, in the frame resulting in such latter construction may then be inclosed by the insert of a piece of metal connected with the frame.

In Fig. 4 the frame I) at e is pivotally suspended from or supported by a yoke shaped part c. In this case the lugs c are aflixed to or formed with said yoke. member (Z here engages and is supported in the lugs c in the same manner as in the aforedescribed modification. I

Since the construction of our frame and its attachments aforesaid may be modified in various other ways without deviating from the principle of our invention, we do not wish to restrict ourselves to thedetails shown and described, but what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a hand mirror or the like, a frame having perforated lugs formed with oppositely directed grooves, a resilient member formed with lateral pivots engaging the perforations of said lugs and capable of engaging the grooves of said lugs to form a handle rigid with said frame and when disengaged fromsaid grooves and turned at an angle to said lugs to form a base or support for said frame, said lugs serving as feet for-the mirror when said member is turned.

at an angle to said lugs.

2. A frame for hand mirrors or the like, such frame having a pair of lugs projecting therefrom and formed with oppositely'directed grooves and a resilient member given the curvature shown and bent upon itself and each end thereof bent at about a right The angle, said member engaging with its said ends the perforations of said lugs, so that when such member extends longitudinally of the lugs, it will engage said grooves in said lugs and form a handle rigid with said lugs and when swung forward or rearwardly will form a base or support for said frame.

'3. A frame for a hand mirror or the like, said frame having a pair of oppositely concaved perforated lugs, a resilient member formed with laterally projecting pivots adapted to removably engage the perforations of said lugs and capable, when extending longitudinally of the lugs, of being en'- gaged by said lugs to form thereby a handle rigid with said lugs and when free of said lugs other than at the point of insertion, of

being swung either forward or rearwardly to forma base or support for said frame.

4. In a hand mlrror, a frame formed with two erforated lugs projecting from the cir-' cum erence thereof in a slightly diverging manner and the inner opposite surfaces of which lugs are concaved, a resilient member formed of single piece of metal bent upon itself and the free ends of which, near the terminus, are bent to form pivots adapted to be inserted into and to removably engage the perforations of said lugs, said member,

when extending.longitudinally of said lugs, being adapted to engage the concaved surfaces of said lugs to form a handle rigid with said lugs and when swung forward or rearwardly to form a base or support for said frame.

5. A frame for a hand mirror or the like with a yoke shaped piece pivoted to said frame, said yoke having lugs projecting therefrom and a resilient member pivotally Copies of this patent may be obtained for .five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of'Patcn t's,

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